Walrus - Odobenus rosmarus
The Walrus has a variety of ways to catch its food. Walruses are said to fill their stomach twice daily. Since Walruses do not have very good eye sight they rely on their senses to do most of their hunting. They use their highly sensitive whiskers to locate prey along with their very good hearing. They hunt with their noses nearly touching the sea floor, and squirt water out of their nostrils to reveal hiding prey. Walruses are not picky when it comes to food and eat a diverse group of marine organisms, mainly soft bodied animals, their favorite seeming to be clams. Once they have found food they then use their mouth as a vacuum to suck the organism right into its mouth. Walruses do not chew their food, but simply swallow it whole. The food is then fully digested in the stomach, large and small intestine, pancreas, and liver.